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About Smoking
Smoking is injurious to health - though, this is a very cliché statement, but still there is no substitution to this statement. Smoking, indeed, is very injurious to your health as well as for the people who are living with. You are the direct sufferer, and the people you are living with, are the indirect sufferer who would suffer for the smoke that you are emitting.
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Smoking could not only be the cause of lung cancer, but it can also cause other cancers and illnesses as well. A huge number of people around the world die from smoking every year. The major portion of them die from smoking related cancers, and the others die from cardiovascular disease, emphysema and other chronic lung diseases. Therefore, it is extremely important and necessary for your health to quit smoking. So, destroy the habit of smoking before it destroys you.
Why is Smoking so injurious to your health
A cigarette contains more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances. When you smoke, the cigarette burns at 700 degree Celsius at the tip and around 60 degree in the core. This heat plays a major role to break down the tobacco in order to produce various toxins. The following products could damage your health:
- Tar, which is a carcinogen and is the substance that could cause cancer.
- Nicotine, which is very addictive and increases cholesterol levels in the body.
- Carbon monoxide, that reduces oxygen level in your body.
- Components of the gas and particulate phases that would cause Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD).
Extent of damage cause by Smoking
The damage caused by smoking depends upon a few things that include the number of cigarettes you smoke, is the cigarette has a filter or how the tobacco has been prepared etc. Obviously, more the number of cigarettes, more the quantity of damage. If your cigarette doesn't have filters, it would cause more damage.
According to the research, smoking reduces the life expectancy by seven to eight years. The number of people who are under the age of 70 years and die from smoking related diseases is higher than the total number of deaths caused by breast cancer, AIDS, traffic accidents and drug addiction. Non-smokers are even lead a healthier old age life than the regular smokers.
Major diseases caused by Smoking
Smoking could be the root of some major diseases. As smoking damages the lungs and the heart, it can cause a lot of diseases those could be described as below:
Cardiovascular diseases like Coronary thrombosis that can lead to a heart attack, Cerebral thrombosis, that can lead to collapse, stroke and paralysis, High blood pressure or Kidney failure and the blockage to the vascular supply to the legs that can lead to gangrene and amputation.
Cancers like bladder cancer, cancer of the oesophagus, cancer of the kidneys, cancer of the pancreas, cervical cancer etc.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) like emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Other problems caused by Smoking
- Smoking may cause hypertension.
- Couples who smoke regularly likely to have fertility problems.
- Smoking worsens asthma and counteracts asthma medication.
- Heavy smokers likely to get macular degeneration that result in the loss of eyesight gradually.
- Increases the risk of cataracts.
- It stains the teeth and the gums.
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